A contained sealed reflux dissolution apparatus for plutonium materials

Technical Report · Sun Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:10140355

Oldham, R D; Mitchell, W G; Leahy, C K; Narayanan, U I; Lewis, K

A containment apparatus has been designed and a procedure developed which permits the overnight operation in a tornado prone area of the sealed reflux dissolution system for the dissolution of hard-to-dissolve plutonium containing materials. A historical review of the development of the apparatus and the procedure used at the New Brunswick Laboratory is presented. The detailed operating procedure, the engineering drawings necessary to fabricate the apparatus, and the Safety Analysis Report containing a worst-case, single occurrence failure analysis are provided in the Appendices. 3 refs.

• Research Organization: USDOE New Brunswick Lab., Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 10140355
• Report Number(s): NBL-325; ON: DE92013024; NC: NONE
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Dec 1991
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
37 INORGANIC
ORGANIC
PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
PLUTONIUM OXIDES
DISSOLUTION
SEPARATION EQUIPMENT
DESIGN
URANIUM OXIDES
CONTAINERS
ENGINEERING DRAWINGS
SAFEGUARDS
SAFETY
HEAT TREATMENTS
VAPOR CONDENSATION
050400
400105
FEED PROCESSING
SEPARATION PROCEDURES